RenewEconomy

New research by a group at UNSW shows that it is theoretically possible for Australia to move to a renewable energy future without blowing its share of the carbon budget.

Coalition refuses to budge on emissions targets for NEG, despite considerable shift on technical details of emissions and reliability obligations from Energy Security Board.

Electricity distribution networks in Europe run at well below their full potential, and could learn from AirBNB nd Uber to easily incorporate EVs.

Countries adopted a compromise emissions target at the International Maritime Organization on Friday, with further battles to come over how to put it into practice.

ACT unveils major push into electric vehicles, including for government fleets, charging infrastructure, use of transit lanes, salary sacrifice for electric bikes, and studies on using EVs and their batteries to help manage the grid.

ESB makes major concessions, dropping push for physical contracts on emissions, and a "light touch" reliability obligation. However, major policy issues are addressed in separate government document that even the ESB had not seen.

Highlights from the high level NEG document distributed to COAG energy ministers ahead of next Friday’s meeting.

Specialist fund manager Infradebt and specialist renewables co-investor Impact Investment Group announce close of $12m senior debt facility for 20MW Chinchilla Solar Farm.

Sweden trials road-embedded EV charging technology, a solution it believes could solve problems of EV cost and range anxiety.

The dramatically dropping costs of offshore wind have sparked an explosion interest in renewables in the US.

BHP axes membership with global coal lobby group, citing “material difference” over its climate advocacy. But is this hypocrisy?

Acciona wins contract to develop, finance, construct and operate $500m 300MW Aldoga solar farm in Gladstone, one of Queensland's coal centres.

It’s been over a year since we “flicked the switch” at Stucco. Has it lived up to our dreams of slashed bills and grid dependence?

Any buyer of the ageing Liddell coal fired power generator needs to take account of the significant safety risks to workers of ageing, failing equipment.

There's good reason why Tesla founder and boss Elon Musk is back to sleeping on the company's giga-factory floor and directly supervising production.

Tesla’s production figures for the first quarter 2018 provide some cause for optimism. Could the company be building one million EVs a year by 2022?

SolarEdge’s Inverter with HD-Wave Technology Recognized Innovation in the Renewable Energy Category.

Battery storage uptake by Australian households is starting to take off. But is it a financial no-brainer? New analysis from SunWiz says ... it's complicated. If you care about return on investment, there's some things you should know.

Sonnen selected to provide 270 residential batteries for Melbourne property development, to cut household power bills by 60% and possibly help power a community water recycling plant.

Survey finds 62% of businesses plan to invest in battery storage in next 18 months. But can governments and regulators keep up?